OREGON STATE LIBRARY
S 1922
CIRCULATION
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day fair; moderate westerly winds.
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"FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 95.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922.
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RUSSIANS ASK
RECOGNITION
AND FINANCES
Reply Accepts Proposal
for Payment of Debts
... Due Foreigners Upon
5 Stated Conditions.
Genoa. April 21. (By Associ
ated Press.) Both the Germans
and the Russians today submitted
iheir replies to the allies de
mands. The German reply accept?
the allied proposal that the Ger
Bans take no furthw part In the
negotiations between the allies
and the Russians, but the reply
does not modify the effectiveness
of the Ru'sso- German treaty.
The Russiaa reply accepts the
tiled uroDOsal for the payment ot
Russia's debt due to foreigners
ph thn restoration of foreig
property nationalized by Russia
the soviet regime is grant
ed full recognition by the allied
governments and is given aae
ouate financial assistance.
Bridees Crisis.
The effect of the two replies Is
to continue the German and Rus
alan Darticloation in . the work
here and thus to bridge over the
crisis which recently threatened
to disrupt the conference. '
. Whil th soviet reply anpar
ently accepts practically all the
allied demands, the details of
working out the plan and the
amount the Russians may expect
in order to restore their country
admittedly present a difficult
nroblem without any certainty
mat it can De soivea ana mu
complete the preliminaries neces
sary for Russian recognition.
As Justifying their contention
that the allies could not as a mat
ter of rlsrht demand cnmnensatlon
for property, the Russians cite the
abolition of slavery in the united
States, where neither Americans
nor foreigners were compensated.
mey also cite the adoption or pro
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ARE LEFT ESTATE
New York, April 21. Four
Russian children, who won by a
narrow margin a battle "against
the famine that gripped their Vol
ga valley village, will b! brought
to the United States to enjoy a
110,000 heritage left through the
death of their uncle a .Yankee
ieughboy on the western front In
France. James P. Goodrich, for
mer governor of Indiana, just re
turned from Russia, is arranging
fort heir transportation to Amer
ican, it was he who brought the
tarving quartet into their inherit
ance.
Mr. Goodrich found the four
living in Russia with their grand
other who displayed to him a
letter she had received from the
state department in Washington
la 1918. unabie to read, she had
held U awaiting; one who could
translate it for her. It contained
ews that she was the beneficiary
of her son, who had been killed in
battle.
Six weeks aso Mr. Goodrich
ain visited the little Russian
home and found that the woman
hd died ot starvation. The four
children were besng kept alive by
neighbors. He returned to the
United States, secured the $10,-
insurance In the Russian
Roman s .name and placed it in a
trust, arranging for the transfer
, monthly payments to the sur
viving brothers and sisters.
PORTLAHDER LOSES LIFE
DURING FLEET PRACTICE
Washington, April 21. Robert
attached to the destroyer
"elknan. nt cju..j r. rv!Cil of
Newark. N. j., seaman aboard the
"aitleshlp Wyoming, were acci
dentally drowned April 20 while
Atlantic fleet was at Guant
namo - according tn advices r
f'Ted today by the navy depart
ment. (VKH .tmwncH ifnrlnr
wlmming drill the message said.
RUSS CH
l en
Billiard-Playing
Pastorjeeps Place
Bellevue, 111., April 21 Rev.
E. V. McCluckey of the First
Presbyterian church here may
play billiards as often as he
wishes, members of the congre
gation decided after a hearing
in which a minority of the con
gregation sought his removal,
question the propriety of a
minister as a billiard player.
5 YEARS G YEN
BR01: APPEAL
Five years In the 'state i
tentiary was the - sentence ? e
ceived by J. M.v Brown, coni- ? ed
on the charge of. assault wiE r in
tent to kill Arthur Lewis the
night ot September 7, 1921, at the
hands of Judge Percy Kelly of tht
circuit court this morning.
Brown will begin his sentence
at once though there is some talk
of appeal on the part ot his at
torneys. Under the .charge on
which Brown was convicted it is
doubtful whhether or not he will
be subject to parole.
Brown shot Lewis during an at
tempt of operatives of the Anti
Saloon league to place him under
arrest for violation of the prohibi
tion law on the night of Septem
ber 7, when Brown was supposed
to make a delivery of whiskey to
two representatives of the league,
Kelly and Putnam. Lewis was not
an officer- of the state with any
authority to place Brown under
arrest, but was one of the six
hired by the league to make the
raid.
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Washington, April 21. The
right of aliens to lisii lor salmon
n the Columbia river, in the state
of Oregon with fixed appliances
without first obtaining a license
from the state, was orally argued
in the supreme court today in a1
case brought by Charles Olin
against certain state officials.
Counsel for Olln contended that
under a compact between Wash
in irtira and Oreson. aliens who en
joyed such fishing rights prior to
1919 were exempt from the opera
tions of a law enacted that year
by Oregon requiring them to od
tafn licenses. The court was urged
by counsel for the state officials
to affirm the decisions of the Uni
ted States district court for Ore
gon and the circuit court of ap
peals for the ninth circuit which
held that aliens acquired no Irre
vocable fishing rights under the
compact, but were subject to such
regulations as the states might Xy
law impose.
WILLAMETTE DEBATERS
TO MEET PUGET SOUND
Tonight the Willamette uni
versity will meet the College of
Piirnt Sound in dual debate upon
the question, "Resolved, That the
United States should adopt a sys
tem ot unemployment insurance
for all corporate -nsil6try.-
nwinsr to the illness of Albert
Geycr, one of the members of the
Willamette team, Sheldon Sackett
will be used as substitute. Sackett
has already headed the debating
anuaH in two intercollegiate vic
tories this year. Sackett and Rob
ert Notson will represent Willam
ette in Salem, while Rodney Alden
and Robert Littler will represent
Willamette In Tacoma.
The judges are to be Rev. W. W.
Long ef Salem and Professors C.
B. Mitchell and W. P. Dreeson,
both of O. A. C.
LOS ANGELES CHIEF OF
POLICE GETS DISCHARGED
Los Angeles, Cal., April 21
rhi.f nf Police Everington, who
has been threatening to resign for
a week past, was saved that trou
ble today by the ponce comminaiun
which discharged him for lnsub
This ended a turbu
lent 90-day term of service for
Chief Everington, who was an ex-
army officer.
S N PROSPEf
SUPREm
COURT
EARS
FISH
CASE
GAS STORAGE
I
INJURING FIFTY
Service Station In Los
Angeles Suburb Scene
of Catastrope; Victims
Expected To Die.
Downey, Cal., April 21 Twelve
people were seriously hurt and
scores were slightly injured here
today when two explosions follow
ed In rapid sequence, shattering
buildings and windows, throwing
debris In many directions and se
verely damaging adjacent struc
tures. The first explosion was
that of the underground tanks of
an on station at ourtn ana craw
ford streets, owned by Newbury
ind Speaker.
Truck Tank Bursts.
The second explosion was that
ofan oil truck driven by Frank
Murch of Anaheim, which truck
happened to be near the Btation at
the instant of the first blast.
The list of injured among the
more seriously hurt follows:
Haygood Ardis, Frank Murch of
Anaheim, F. J. Stratton, Fred
Robinson, James Stamps, Edwin
Truitt, Walter Pulley, Ed Vander-
grift and Lester Witherspoon.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 21.
Probably fifty people were in
jured, a number of them fatally
when an oil station at Fourth and
Crawford streets caught fire al
Downey today and the fire reach
ed the underground storage tanks,
causing them to explode with
great force, throwing debris many
feet.
Relief Is Rushed.
Downey is a small town about
15 miles southeast of Los Angeles
and its fire and police facilities
were so small that it was neces
sary to call on the sheriff here to
take charge of the policing, and
on city hospitals to take care of
the injured. Men and ambulances
were sent from the city immedi
ately. Among the injured were W. L.
Polly, a druggist, whose place of
business was near the point of the
explosion. Dean Kelsey and A.
Beauchamp, proprietors of another
oil station nearby, and W. R.
Price, a merchant. Many of the
slightly injured were taken to
homes at Downey for treatment,
while others were ocmpelled to
remain in the vicinity of the ex
plosion to await medical care.
The property damage had not
been estimated an hour after the
explosion, which occurred at
10:40 a. m., .but it was thought
that it would probably not exceed
$20,000 and might be less, the
principal harm was to human life
rather than to property.
It has not been learned here
whether any fire accompanied the
explosion but persons nearby said
there appeared to be no sign of
flames.
COLE SAVES HIMSELF
FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR
Omaha, Neb., April 21. Otto
Cole, who pleaded his own case,
succeeded In saving himself from
the electric chair for the murder
of Harry Hahn, Omaha pawn
broker, shot to death recently, a
jury in district court this morn
ing returning a verdict finding
him guilty of murder and fixing
the penalty at life imprisonment.
Cole, said to be an escaped con
vict from Joliet, 111., state prison,
conducted his own defense
throughout. He contended he
killed Hahn following an argu
ment over the loan of a watch'.
The state charged he attempted to
hold up the pawnbroker and had
demanded the death penalty.
STOCK EXCHANGE SEATS
IN NEW YORK ARE UP
York Aoril 21. Prices of
seats on the New York Stock Ex
change, long regarded by many as
an index of approaching market
conditions, are still on the up
grade. Wall street got a thrill
when it was anounced that Erich
Mi
rks had bought the seat of W.
P.
Bliss for $9S,000 which was
$4
000 more than the previous
sale
recorded less than a week
ago. The record price was in,
000, reached in the war boost
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BURSTS
$150 Requested
By Associated
Charities Here
One hundred and twenty-five to
$150 Is needed by the Associated
Charities to meet the demand
made upon it during this month,
according to Dr. Henry Morris1,
secretary, this morning. ; i
Dr. Morris said that the associa
tion expected to clear all indebt
edness . Incurred in aiding the
needy people of Salem this winter,
by the first of next . month and
urged that all who could would
contribute to the amount asked
for.
The charities have aided more
than 600 people during the win
ter through the cooperation of or
ganizations In the city.
Checks, can be mailed to Dr.
Morris in the Salens Bank of Com
merce building or can be mailed to
Associated Charities.
E
1NG FAMINE
Samara, Russia, April 15. -(By
Associated Press.) Famine Is be
ginning to retreat in the Volga
valley before the slow but steady
arrival of American corn for adult
feeding. It is due to vanish al
most entirely when the spring
sunshine uncovers the black earth
ot this fertile region and brings
out the early grasses and vege
tables, which, added to the rations
supplied by the United States, oth
er foreign countries and the Rus
slon government, will sustain most
of the population until the rye and
wheat harvest ot late August andJ
early September. . .
The retreat is slow, however,
and the death rate from hunger
still mounting in the villages far
from centers of rail communica
tion, which have not yet and may
never be reached by aid.
Today, the beginning of the last
montfi when wheat may be sown,
it is still a gamble' whether a ma
jority of the peasants will receive
any appreciable supply for spring
planting. The railways through
the heart of the Samara and Ore
burg districts have been blocked
by equlnoxlal blizzards while Mos
cow was straining even effort to
bring seed to the peasants.
The spring thaw is following
and it now appears that, In many
districts, the roads will be im
passable when the grain finally
does arrive at the inland stations.
MAY 3 DATE OF
Arrangements for the proper
celebration of the 79th anniver
sary of Founders' day, when Ore
gon was voted a part of the Uni
ted States, May 3, 1843, are being
consummated by George H. Hines
of Portland, secreary of the Ore
gon Pioneer association, which is
planning a picnic at Champoeg .
Three hundred people from
Portland with delegations . from
throughout the state will perhaps
bring the attendance up to 1000.
Arrangements have been made
with the Harklns Transportation
company for the use of the steam
er Madeline which will leave Port
land at 7:20 in the morning and
make the trip to Champoeg.
Judge Pete D'Arc'y of Salem will
be the president of the day.
A large building has been erect
ed on the grounds so that the cere
monies will not be deferred be
cause of weather conditions.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
TEAM IS HARD AT WORK
Monmouth, Ore., April 21. The
Monmouth high school baseball
team is practicing every evening
in preparation for the season's
schedule of games, which Is as
follows: Falls City high school at
Monmouth, April 21; Dallas high
school at Dallas, April 28; return
game at Monmouth May 5; Falls
City high school at Falls ICty.
May 26; Independence high school
at Monmouth, June 2. A poet.
poned game with Independence
will be played one evening after
school next week.
RICAN CORN
DRIV
OUT OF RUSSIA
ER
AY
BLOCKADE OF
PORTS ASKED
Seizure of Harbors Is
Also Urged to Force
Settlement of American
Damage Claims.
Washington, April 21. -Block
ade ot Mexico ana seizure of Mexi
can - ports until American claims
for damages to life and property
in Mexico have been compensated
was advocated In the senate today
by Senator King, democrat, Utah,
in a length address n the Mexi
can situation.
Neither the Obregon nor any
other Mexican government should
be recognized, Senator King de
clared, until guarantees are given
for payment of damage "for near
ly one thousand American men.
women and children butchered
and murdered" and for property
losses whlch he estimated at near
ly $590,000,000.
E
EIS
v. . .
Baltimore,; Md., April 21.
Round table discussions were con
tinue at today's meetings of the
Pah-American conference of Wo
men gun here yesterday under
the auspices of the National
League of Women Voters, "women
In industry" being the topic at
the first session. Miss Mary
Anderson, chief of the women's
bureau U. S. department ot labor,
presided. This question was con
sidered In four sections as follows:
. 1. Appointment , of qualified
women in all public agencies,
jcommlBBlons or tribunals, national,
state and local, dealing with the
interests of women. . .
2. ,The limitation of the hours
of work for wage earning women
In Industrial undertakings to not
more than eight hours in any one
day or 44 hours In any one week
and one day's rest in seven.
3. The prohibition of night
work for women in industrial oc-j
cupatlons. 1
4. The prohibition of the em
ployment of women six weeks be
fore and after child birth.
At the conference on prevention
of traffic In women, accomplish
ments and results of conferences
at -Geneva In June, 1921, and at
Rome In November of the same
year were presented briefly.
There also was a discussion of
International treaties, existing
and recommended, to meet present
day conditions.
Dr. Valeria H. Parker, executive
secretary, United States depart
mental social hygiene board, pre
sided. T
Genoa, April 21. (By Assoc!
ated Press.) The Genoa confer
ence -has reached a stage where
several of the delegations appear
highly distrustful of each other
and the delegates are concentrated
in the heart of the city where
they can watch one another
closely.
Prominent members of the
small delegations which were
scattered along the Mediterranean
coast from here to Rapallo packed
their bags over night, abandoned
their luxurious -villas and settled
In any small room they could find
along Genoa's single main street
leading to the conference balls.
Here it Is possible to see every
one passing toward the England
and French headquarters as well
as to the conference sessions In
tbe royal palace and to the audi
ences to newspapermen In tbe
Case Delia Stampa or university.
N VOTERS
GONFERENC
YET IN SESSION
ENVOYS NOW A
SUSPICION STAGE
Congress Provides
-Million Dollars For
Flood Control Work
Washington, April 21. The
control of flood waters of the Mississippi river, now at the
highest stages in years, was made available immediately by
a resolution rushed through the senate and house today
within an hour after the proposal made by southern members
had been approved by Secretary Weeks and Director Dawes
of the budget.
McClure, 111., April 21. Flood waters from the swollen
Mississippi began rolling into
ally completing the inundation of approximately 100,000
acres in Jackson, Union and Alexander counties. The water
is expected to be three feet deep in all sections of the town
by tonight.
OF BASEBALL
IE
If "Papa Jup" still remains In
his present frame of mind, Salem
baseball fans will witness a tasl
game ot baseball between Salem
and Woodburn teams at Oxford
park Sunday afternoon.
It has rained for two days, at
least, it didn't rain today not up
to noon and If It don't rain to
morrow and Sunday the field will
be in the best kind of condition
for the grand opening ot the base
ball season here.
Nobody scan kick on the lineup
that Hayes has this year for It's
the same bunch of fellows that
played out the ntlre season of
1921 and it must be admitted by
one and all that they played some
ball. The only thing that cast re
flection upon the team was that
It won all their games and left the
outcome In doubt but a few times.
Woodburn wants to beat Salem.
As near as can be figured out the
Woodburn fans are willing to
spend ta lot of money Just to see
Salem get defeated and they are
coming down with a strong bunch.
The eye-opener that the Sena
tors took two weks ago In the
shape of North Pacific Dental col
lege ot Portland was played with
out an error, and with the inter
val allowing considerable practice
Sunday's game ought to be 100
per cent plus.
The lineup for Salem in batting
order will be: McKenna, 2d base;
Rinehart, centerfield; Keene, 1st
base; Hayes, rlghtfield; Miller,
shortstop; Barr, catcher; Irwin,
left field; Fiske, 3d base; Bishop,
pitcher.
FORMER MEDFORD EDITOR
AND PIONEER IS CALLED
Medford, Or., April 21. Chas.
Nickell, one of tbe best known plo
neers of southern Oregon, former
ly editor of the Democratic Times
ot Jacksonville and the Southern
Oregonlan and until seven or eight
years ago a resident of this cuy
dropped dead at his home In Oak
land, Cal., Thursday.
A telegram received by his
daughter, Mrs. Louis Ulrlch, of
this city, announced Mr. Nlckell's
death.
MITCHELL AND LEONARD
MAY BATTLE ON JULY 4
Chicago, April 21 Billy Mitch
ell, brother and manager of Pinkie
Mitchell, had under consideration
today terms offered by Promoter
Floyd Fltzslmmons for a bout be
tween Pinkie and Benny Leonard,
lightweight champion, at Michi
gan City, Ind., on July 4. Fltz
slmmons is searching for an oppo
nent for Leonard.
GRAND OPENER
S SUNDAY
THIS COUPON AND FIVE CENTS
will admit any child of 12 years or under to the Special
CAPITAL JOURNAL MATINEE
Showing Mary Pickford in her stellar production,
"THE HOODLUM"
THE BLIGH THEATRE
Saturday, April 22, 10 a. m.
sum of one million dollars for
McClure this afternoon, virtu
ESCAPES CHARGE
Of TREASON, BUT
Tacoma, Wash., April : 21..
Hans Frederick Kurth had his
citizenship taken away from him
in federal court here late yester
day, but he was thereby saved
from possible arrest and trial on a
charge ot treason to the United
States.
Kurth was lu court to answer a
charge that he had violated his
oath of citizenship, which be took
here In 1914. The government
showed that he went tq Denmark
shortly after the great war, broke
out and then entered Germany,
where be served until the-armistice,
fighting on practically all
fronts and against troops ot all
enemies of Germany. At the end
ot 1918 he returned to New York,
it was shown, was denied admit
tance to the United States, then
went to Mexico and recently re
turned to Tacoma.
Judge E. B. Cushman peremp
torily stopped the case before all
the evidence was In.
"I declare the defendant's citi
zenship revoked," he pronounced
from the bench, "that the court
may be spared hearing him tried
on a charge ot treason."
Treason, according to the fed
eral constitution, consists of wag
ing, war on the United States or
assisting Its enemies.
VOCATIONAL DIRECTOR
TO BE CLUB SPEAKER
E. E. Elliott, state director of
vocational education, will be the
speaker at the Monday noon
luncheon of Salem business men
at the Salem Commercial club,
Robert Duncan, manager of the
club, announced this afternoon.
"Vocational Education,',' will
be Mr. Elliott's subject and he
will explain In detail the work of
the department of which be is a
representative.
SALEM HIGH BASEBALL
MEN LOSETO VISITORS
By a score of 1 to 17, Columbia
university of Portland yesterday
afternoon defeated the tjaiem nign
school baseball team at Oxford
park. Tbe game was rather slow
throughout and errors were nu
merous. In the first frame Columbia
took the lead and managed to
maintain a slight advantage
throughout the session. Only two
men on either nine who played
through tbe game failed to make
at least one score.
Jack Hayes of Salem umpired at
yesterday's contest. This after
noon Salem high is meeting Sil
verton at Sllverton.
CITIZENSHIP LOST
SEARCH ENDS
IN DISCOVERY
EARLY TODAY
Remains of Murdered Mu
sician, Still Tied In
Hop Sack, Found Mile
Below Bridge.
Portland, Ore., April 21.
The body of Frank Bowkar,
Portland musician, was found
today in the Calapooia river
near Albany, according to a
report to the police here. The
river had been dragged since
Tuesday when Russell Hecker,
former Albany youth, told
police he threw the body into
the stream from a bridge.
The body was found in the
river about a mile below the
bridge from which Hecker
said he threw the body.
Albert Bowker, brother of the
slain man, yesterday offered
?200 reward for recovery of
the body after police had
abandoned the search.
Body Inside Sack,
The body was found by John
Feurstealn of Albany who was
dragging the river from a launch.
U was inside a sack and was lying
on the bottom ot the river within
two feet ot the east bank. Word
was sent at once to Sheriff Ken
dall and Coroner Fisher of Linn
oounty. The body was taken to
Albany where it was held In the
sack until police arrived from
Portland. r
Examination showed that a bul
let had entered the back ot tbe
neck and coma out of the right
eye.
Pass Through Salem.
Chief ot Police Jenkins of Port
land,, accompanied by U officers
from the Portland police depart
ment, passed through Salem at
noon today on their way to Al
bany to Inspect the body ot Frank
Bowker, former Portland musi
cian, who was slain a few days
ago by Russell Hecker, Albany
youth, and later cast into the wat
er. Portland officers had no com
ment to make, other than to say
they are still Investigating vari
ous angles of the murder. Chief
Jenkins and his party lunched lu
Salem before proceeding south by
automobile.
Portland, Or., April 21. A spot
134 miles from Portland on the
Oregon City road, three miles this
side of Oregon City tand near the
ctly Hintls ot Gladstone, Is believed
now by the police to be the piace
where Frank Bowker was murder
ed last Sunday night. Captain of
Detectives Harms, Inspectors
Schulpius, Cason and Barker and
Deputy Sheriff Kendall returned
last night from scouring the
country and reported their find.
If their theory proves correct,
iha burden of detection and prose
cution of Russell Hecker will rest
on Clackamas county, as there
Donilbllitr will be placed on the
county In which the actual crime
was committed.
Pool of Blood Gives Clue.
The officers learned of the spot
while running down another re
port that blood had been found on
a different road. L. B. Johnston,
an employe of the Rhan-Herbert
company at Gladstone, found a
large pool ot blood beside the road
near the city limits at 6: SO o clock
Monday morning. He said it was
large enough to attract notice, but
he paid no attention to it until he
read the newspapers later in the
day.
He then told about the blood
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COAL MINES ISOLATED
BY BURNING OF BRIDSE
Denver, Colo., April 21. Halt
a dozen coal mines near Walsen
"burg, Colorado, were cut off from
railroad communication when a
bridge on a spur line of the Den
ver A Rio Grande Western rail
way was burned last night, ac
cording to reports received here.